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Moodle External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 2, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 19, 2024

Package

composer moodle/moodle (Composer)

Affected versions

< 4.2.0-rc2

Patched versions

4.2.0-rc2

Description

The vulnerability was found Moodle which exists because the application allows a user to control path of the older to create in TinyMCE loaders. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and create arbitrary folders on the system.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 2, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2023
Reviewed May 2, 2023
Last updated Apr 19, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-30943

GHSA ID

GHSA-22gj-8qj2-fj46

Source code

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